"In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer." ~Camus

"Dear Monsieur Germain,

I
let the commotion around me these days subside a bit before speaking to
you from the bottom of my heart. I have just been given far too great
an honour, one I neither sought nor solicited.

But when I heard
the news, my first thought, after my mother, was of you. Without you,
without the affectionate hand you extended to the small poor child that I
was, without your teaching and example, none of all this would have
happened.

I don't make too much of this sort of honour. But at
least it gives me the opportunity to tell you what you have been and
still are for me, and to assure you that your efforts, your work, and
the generous heart you put into it still live in one of your little
schoolboys who, despite the years, has never stopped being your grateful
pupil.

I embrace you with all my heart.

Albert Camus"

Note written to Albert's teacher, subsequent to the occasion of Camus being awarded the Nobel Prize For Literature, 1957.

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Hi! Thank you for appreciating and posting my illustration! I'm glad that you enjoy it, but I would appreciate if you could credit me and link to me somehow in your post if you don't mind. You can find the original here.

Also, I have a handful of other Camus quotes if you'd like to post any of them (with credit! :) on another Fav Quote Friday. You can see those here on my tumblr.

Hello Josh!Thank you for your note. On this blog, I always try to post artist/photographer attribution if it is anywhere to be found. In this case, I found your art image on Pinterest, but with no connection or attribution. I'll happily revise to add your name & links to this post and correct my error of omission. Thanks for your creative artwork, and for letting me share it with my readers! From a fellow Camus fan!stephanie-

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